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Multi-layered kinespheres
At a recent workshop in Vienna, Ralf Jaroschinski proposed to reflect and approach contact improvisation from the point of view of...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 18, 20247 min read
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Alibi
I walk. People around. A lot. But are they there? Social roles, of course, keep us apart. Everybody is playing their part. You must...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 13, 20242 min read
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Not knowing
I’m writing these notes on my way back from the 2024 Contact Improvisation Festival in Freiburg. It has been an incredible opportunity...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Aug 19, 20247 min read
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Authentic connections & CBC
How do we establish authentic connections? How do we get in touch with one another in such a way that we are both honoured in what we...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jul 15, 202412 min read
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Intimacy
What does it mean to be intimate? As most words, ‘intimacy’ brings with it a certain metaphorical gesture, even a bodily scheme. The word...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jul 6, 20248 min read
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On teaching and holding lightly
Turning 38 in a bit more than a month from now, I’m discovering that there is a truth in distinguishing different phases in life. This is...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 26, 20247 min read
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The Pythia’s voice
In the hot dusty noise of the summer I came to the old ruined shrine, heavy With questions, mine and of my dear ones. We are beings of...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 24, 20242 min read
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Get back into your body!
It is common to hear appeals to ‘embodiment’ or complaints about being too much in your ‘thoughts’ (sometimes in your ‘head’ or ‘brain’,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jun 4, 20246 min read
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Bitten by reality
I’ve been pondering for quite some time one of Caravaggio’s paintings, the Boy bitten by a lizard. It came to me in a flash of intuition...
Andrea Sangiacomo
May 19, 20246 min read
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Mirrors
The bell tower points like a finger To the empty sky. Where are all the stars? I have been many things and none Has lasted. Does...
Andrea Sangiacomo
May 1, 20241 min read
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The soft revolution of Contact Improvisation
Over the past four months I’ve been discovering and experimenting with Contact Improvisation (CI). I’m primarily interested not so much...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 22, 20249 min read
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A minor
I’m a tune in A minor, Dark blue, foggy, without words, But a vibrant tone that leaves No doubts: let me cry, let me Say that I’m weak...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 21, 20241 min read
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On Romantic Love
I’ve heard from a student that it would be interesting to discuss how Buddhist teachings can shed light on romantic love. This is a...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Apr 8, 20247 min read
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It rains
It rains, and rains, and rains— The earth is a drum of a thousands Rhythms, yet so dry it remains— Words like trembling droplets that...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 29, 20241 min read
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A somatic biography
I became interested in contemplative practices six years ago. For some reason, it didn’t remain a side hobby, but quickly became the...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 25, 202412 min read
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Take it
Did you hear? The future is sold out. I wanted to give you my smartest words. But it will take ages for them to Paint even a rough...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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I hate you so much!
Keep the Truth, I want to fall. Don't wake me up. You're my dream. I don't care for the wise, they understand not. Gravity is my guide,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Does it matter?
Sleepwalkers all around, deep into their dreams. I slipped in the empty room, Searching for the dawn of movement. You were there. Were...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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The song of the ground
Did you hear the song of the ground? A soft tune beating here beneath Your feet. Listen! As it whispers: "You can trust me. Yield, roll,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 23, 20241 min read
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You are
You are my secret, Hidden in plain sight. The taste of water, The fragrance of air, The touch of space, The sound of silence, The color...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 1, 20241 min read
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